Character: 挪
Modern (Beijing) reading: nuó
Preclassic Old Chinese: nār (~ -j)
Classic Old Chinese: nān
Western Han Chinese: nān
Eastern Han Chinese: nān
Early Postclassic Chinese: nān
Middle Postclassic Chinese: nān
Late Postclassic Chinese: nān
Middle Chinese: nâ
English meaning : to move, bring [Tang]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) переносить; переезжать; передвигать(ся), перемещаться; 2) сокр. Норвегия
Comments: The Chinese word is attested quite late, and its origin is rather obscure; note that simultaneously late a similar word, 拿 Mand. ná 'to take, carry, bring' is attested (without any MC prototype). For *n- cf. Min forms: Xiamen lo2, Chaozhou no2, Fuzhou, Jianou nɔ2.
Radical: 64
Four-angle index: 2192
Vietnamese reading: na
Jianchuan Bai: ne6
Dali Bai: ne6-
